a big day

This past Tuesday was a big, HUGE day for C. He has been saving his money for many months, with the goal of buying his very own electric guitar. His guitar teacher, Jeremy, told us about a little shop, called Music Central, that has become C's favorite place to visit. A couple weeks ago, he had enough money to put down on the guitar of his dreams! He was thrilled to see Bill (the store's owner) put a SOLD sign on the guitar with C's name on it. Well, since that day, C has been a wee bit distracted...and determined to earn the final $40 he needed to bring his baby home. He babysat at church, he did extra chores and laundry at home, even his brothers and sister paid him money to do some of their work. And, finally, Tuesday was the day! After school, we drove down to the guitar shop, C handed over the last of his cash, and Bill handed C THIS...

Bill is a great guy with an incredible passion for music, especially electric guitars. It was obvious how thrilled he was to be a part of passing that passion on to the next generation. When he found out that C had bought the guitar completely on his own, Bill wanted to reward that and gave C a $25 "gig bag" as a gift. He told C that in God's Kingdom, working hard has it's rewards. You can see in this picture that Bill seems just as excited, if not more, than C!Along with the guitar, C got a gig bag, guitar stand, strap, cable and amplifier. Needless to say, the sounds from the basement have changed. Thank goodness for volume knobs on amps!